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Syllabus: GS-III, Subject: Economy, Topic: Industry and Industrial policies, Issue: Regulatory sandbox Context: The government abolished wireless operating licence system. It launched a regulatory sandbox for quick and online approval of product testing. Regulatory sandbox: It’s a controlled environment to experiment/test with new technologies or business models in a safe space (some relaxation of existing […]

Syllabus: GS-III, Subject: Internal Security, Topic: North -East regional issues, Issue: Tripura Accord Context: Centre recently signed a tripartite agreement with the Tripura government and the state’s main opposition party, the TIPRA Motha, Demand of TIPRA Motha: Creation of “Greater Tipraland,” a separate state for Tripura’s tribals, encompassing areas outside the TTAADC (Tripura Tribal Areas

Syllabus: GS-II, Subject: Polity, Topic: legal issues, Issue: Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019. Context- Ministry of Home Affairs notified the Rules to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act-2019. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, Granting citizenship to migrants belonging to the Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, or Christian communities who entered India before December 31, 2014

Syllabus: GS-III, Subject: Economy, Topic: Growth and Development, Inclusion, Issue: Analysis of Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES), 2022-23. Context: Recently released HCES-2022-23 A) Analyzing the changes in poverty line as per HCES using different methodology Tendulkar methodology: decline in poverty ratios from 2011-12 to 2022-23.( total poverty 6.3% in 2022-23) State Bank of India report:

Syllabus: GS-II, Subject: Polity, Topic: Elections and RPA, Issue: Independence of institutions Context: Recent resignation of an election commissioner. The Election Commission of India (ECI) guarantees free and fair elections, accountable only to voters and committed to protecting their rights. Thus, the independence of ECI is of prime concern. Issues in the Chief Election Commissioner

Syllabus: GS-III, Subject: Science and Technology, Topic: Emerging technologies, Issue: Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence: Intelligence is the application of knowledge to solve problems, while artificial intelligence (AI) refers to intelligence in machines. AI lacks a single definition but can be understood through its materiality as a machine-software combination. Linear separability is a basic AI problem

Syllabus: GS-II, Subject: Polity, Topic: Judiciary and tribunals, Issue: Appointment and Removal of Judges Checks on the conduct of Judges: Judges take an oath to perform their duties without fear or favor, emphasizing the need for impartiality and integrity. The Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct highlight values like independence, impartiality, and dignity in judicial behavior.

Syllabus: GS- II, Subject: Polity, Topic: Federalism, Issue: Fiscal Federalism Context: Southern Indian states worry about getting less money from successive Finance Commissions devolutions. Reason for decline: The income distance criterion, which assigns higher shares to states farther from the highest income state, The shift from using 1971 population data to 2011 data by the Fifteenth

Syllabus: GS-I, Subject: Society and Social Justice, Topic: Welfare schemes, mechanisms, laws and institutions related to SCs, Issue: National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) Context: The Union government to constitute the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) with at least one member from the Madiga community. National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) A constitutional body

Syllabus: GS-I, Subject: Society and Social Justice, Topic: Poverty, Hunger and developmental issues, Issue: Zero food children Context: A study published in the peer-reviewed JAMA Network Open journal. Zero-food children are infants who have not eaten any food of substantial calorific content — semi-solid, solid,soft, or mushy food, infant formula or fresh milk — for